2011 Northwestern Wildcats football team

2011 Northwestern Wildcats football

Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas, L 22–33 vs. Texas A&M
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Division	Legends Division
2011 record	6–7 (3–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Pat Fitzgerald (6th as HC) (10th overall season)
Offensive coordinator	Mick McCall (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Mike Hankwitz (4th season)
Base defense	Multiple 4–3
Home stadium	Ryan Field (Capacity: 47,130)

2011 Big Ten football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Legends Division
No. 11 Michigan State x		7	–	1		11	–	3
No. 12 Michigan %		6	–	2		11	–	2
No. 24 Nebraska		5	–	3		9	–	4
Iowa		4	–	4		7	–	6
Northwestern		3	–	5		6	–	7
Minnesota		2	–	6		3	–	9
Leaders Division
No. 10 Wisconsin xy$		6	–	2		11	–	3
Penn State x		6	–	2		9	–	4
Purdue		4	–	4		7	–	6
Ohio State		3	–	5		6	–	7
Illinois		2	–	6		7	–	6
Indiana		0	–	8		1	–	11
Championship: Wisconsin 42, Michigan State 39
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of January 10, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Pat Fitzgerald, in his sixth season at Northwestern, was the team's head coach. The Wildcats home games were played at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois. They are members of the Legends Division of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 6–7, 3–4 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place in the Legends Division. They were invited to the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas where they were defeated by Texas A&M 22–33.

Previous season

In 2010 the Wildcats had a 7–6 record, ending the season with a 45–38 loss to Texas Tech in the 2011 TicketCity Bowl.

Preseason

Conference divisions

Starting in 2011, the Big Ten Conference created two divisions, "Legends" and "Leaders", following the University of Nebraska's membership into the conference. Northwestern was placed in the "Legends" division, with the University of Iowa, the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, the University of Minnesota and the University of Nebraska joining them.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:^[2]

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	11:00 AM	at Boston College*	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	ESPNU	W 24–17	37,561^[3]
September 10	2:30 PM	Eastern Illinois*	Ryan Field • Evanston, Illinois	BTN	W 42–21	28,042^[4]
September 17	2:30 PM	at Army*	Michie Stadium • West Point, New York	CBSSN	L 14–21	35,784^[5]
October 1	11:00 AM	at No. 22 Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois (Land of Lincoln Trophy)	ESPN2	L 35–38	53,243^[6]
October 8	6:00 PM	No. 11 Michigan	Ryan Field • Evanston, Illinois	BTN	L 24–42	47,330^[7]
October 15	6:00 PM	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa	BTN	L 31–41	70,585^[8]
October 22	6:00 PM	No. 22 Penn State	Ryan Field • Evanston, Illinois	BTN	L 24–34	40,004^[9]
October 29	11:00 AM	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana	BTN	W 59–38	39,239^[10]
November 5	2:30 PM	at No. 9 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	BTN	W 28–25	85,115^[11]
November 12	11:00 AM	Rice*	Ryan Field • Evanston, Illinois	BTN	W 28–6	26,886^[12]
November 19	11:00 AM	Minnesota	Ryan Field • Evanston, Illinois	BTN	W 28–13	26,215^[13]
November 26	11:00 AM	No. 10 Michigan State	Ryan Field • Evanston, Illinois	BTN	L 17–31	32,172^[14]
December 31	11:00 AM	Texas A&M*	Reliant Stadium • Houston, Texas (Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas)	ESPN	L 22–33	68,395^[15]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Regular season

Boston College

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Northwestern	3	7	7	7	24
Boston College	3	7	0	7	17

Date: September 3
Location: Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Game start: 11:00 AM CDT
Elapsed time: 3:25
Game attendance: 37,561
Referee: Dave Witvoet
TV announcers (ESPNU): Rob Stone (Play-by-play) & Danny Kanell (Color)

Scoring summary

1	12:49	BC	Nate Freese 19-yard field goal	BC 3-0

1	7:01	NW	Jeff Budzien 43-yard field goal	Tied 3-3

2	8:03	BC	Andre Williams 6-yard run (Nate Freese kick)	BC 10-3

2	0:38	NW	Kain Colter 3-yard run (Jeff Budzien kick)	Tied 10-10

3	11:53	NW	Mike Trumpy 5-yard run (Jeff Budzien kick)	NW 17-10

4	9:24	NW	Adonis Smith 1-yard run (Jeff Budzien kick)	NW 24-10

4	6:00	BC	Andre Williams 1-yard run (Nate Freese kick)	NW 24-17

^[16]

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result^[17]
2–1	1993	NU, 22–21

Eastern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eastern Illinois	0	7	7	7	21
• Northwestern	14	14	7	7	42

Date: September 10
Location: Ryan Field, Evanston, Illinois
Game start: 2:30 PM CDT
Elapsed time: 3:03
Game attendance: 28,042
Referee: Bill LeMonnier
TV announcers (BTN): Matt Devlin (Play-by-play), Glen Mason (Color) & Rhett Kleinschmidt (Sideline)

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result^[18]
0–0	First Meeting

Army

	1	2	3	4	Total
Northwestern	0	7	0	7	14
• Army	7	0	7	7	21

Date: September 17
Location: Michie Stadium, West Point, New York
Game start: 2:30 PM CST
Elapsed time: 3:03
Game attendance: 35,784
Referee: Ron Cherry
TV announcers (CBSSN): Gary Thorne (Play-by-play) & Randy Cross (Color)

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result^[19]
3–1	1988	Army, 23–7

Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Northwestern	0	14	14	7	35
• Illinois	7	3	7	21	38

Date: October 1
Location: Memorial Stadium, Champaign, Illinois
Game start: 11:00 AM CDT
Elapsed time: 3:16
Game attendance: 53,243
Referee: John O'Neill
TV announcers (ESPN2): Beth Mowins (Play-by-play) & Mike Bellotti (Color)

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result^[20]
46–53–5	2010	Ill, 48–27

Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Michigan	7	7	14	14	42
Northwestern	14	10	0	0	24

Date: October 8
Location: Ryan Field, Evanston, Illinois
Game start: 6:00 PM CDT
Elapsed time: 3:16
Game attendance: 47,330
Referee: Scott McElwee
TV announcers (BTN): Tom Hart (Play-by-play), Derek Rackley (Color) & Lisa Byington (Sideline)

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result^[21]
15–52–2	2008	NU, 21–14

Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Northwestern	0	7	10	14	31
• Iowa	10	7	0	24	41

Date: October 15
Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa
Game start: 6:00 PM CDT
Elapsed time: 3:10
Game attendance: 70,585
Referee: Dennis Lipski
TV announcers (BTN): Eric Collins (Play-by-play), Chris Martin (Color) & Dionne Miller (Sideline)

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result^[22]
23–46–3	2010	NU, 21–17

Penn State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Penn State	14	13	7	0	34
Northwestern	14	10	0	0	24

Date: October 22
Location: Ryan Field, Evanston, Illinois
Game start: 6:00 PM CDT
Elapsed time: 3:15
Game attendance: 40,004
Referee: Bill LeMonnier
TV announcers (BTN): Tom Hart (Play-by-play), Derek Rackley (Color) & Lisa Byington (Sideline)

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result^[23]
3–11	2010	PSU, 35–21

Indiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Northwestern	17	21	14	7	59
Indiana	7	14	10	7	38

Date: October 29
Location: Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, Indiana
Game start: 11:00 AM CDT
Elapsed time: 3:14
Game attendance: 39,239
Referee: John O'Neill
TV announcers (BTN): Tom Hart (Play-by-play), Derek Rackley (Color) & Lisa Byington (Sideline)

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result^[24]
44–34–1	2010	NU, 20–17

Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Northwestern	7	0	7	14	28
Nebraska	0	3	7	15	25

Date: November 5
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game start: 2:30 PM CDT
Elapsed time: 3:15
Game attendance: 85,115
Referee: Dave Witvoet
TV announcers (BTN): Eric Collins (Play-by-play), Chris Martin (Color) & Dionne Miller (Sideline)

Scoring summary

1	2:08	NW	Jacob Schmidt 2-yard run (Jeff Budzien kick)	NW 7-0

2	2:26	NEB	Brett Maher 36-yard field goal	NW 7-3

3	12:13	NW	Kain Colter 3-yard run (Jeff Budzien kick)	NW 14-3

3	3:52	NEB	Tim Marlowe 15-yard pass from Taylor Martinez (Brett Maher kick)	NW 14-10

4	12:16	NW	Jeremy Ebert 81-yard pass from Kain Colter (Jeff Budzien kick)	NW 21-10

4	8:55	NEB	Rex Burkhead 1-yard run (Taylor Martinez run)	NW 21-18

4	1:34	NW	Kain Colter 1-yard run (Jeff Budzien kick)	NW 28-18

4	0:18	NEB	Kenny Bell 18-yard pass from Taylor Martinez (Brett Maher kick)	NW 28-25

^[25]

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result^[26]
2–3	2000	UNL, 66–17

Rice

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rice	0	0	0	6	6
• Northwestern	7	14	0	7	28

Date: November 12
Location: Ryan Field, Evanston, Illinois
Game start: 11:00 AM CST
Elapsed time: 2:56
Game attendance: 26,886
Referee: Steve LaMantia
TV announcers (BTN): Matt Devlin (Play-by-play), Glen Mason (Color) & Jon Jansen (Sideline)

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result^[27]
3–4	2010	NU, 30–13

Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minnesota	7	3	0	3	13
• Northwestern	21	0	0	7	28

Date: November 19
Location: Ryan Field, Evanston, Illinois
Game start: 11:00 AM CST
Elapsed time: 2:59
Game attendance: 26,215
Referee: Scott McElwee
TV announcers (BTN): Wayne Larrivee (Play-by-play), Glen Mason (Color) & Jon Jansen (Sideline)

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result^[28]
31–50–5	2010	NU, 29–28

Michigan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Michigan State	3	14	7	7	31
Northwestern	0	3	7	7	17

Date: November 26
Location: Ryan Field, Evanston, Illinois
Game start: 11:00 AM CST
Elapsed time: 3:02
Game attendance: 32,172
Referee: Dan Capron
TV announcers (BTN): Eric Collins (Play-by-play), Chris Martin (Color) & Dionne Miller (Sideline)

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result^[29]
16–35	2010	MSU, 35–27

Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas

Texas A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas A&M	3	17	10	3	33
Northwestern	0	7	0	15	22

Date: December 31
Location: Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas
Game start: 11:00 AM CST
Elapsed time: 3:19
Game attendance: 68,395
Referee: Matt Loeffler
TV announcers (ESPN): Bob Wischusen (Play-by-play), Brian Griese (Color) & Eamon McAnaney (Sideline)

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result^[18]
0–0	First Meeting

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches'	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Harris	Not released						NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	Not released
BCS	Not released							NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	Not released

Roster

2011 Northwestern Wildcats roster^[30]^[31]

Quarterbacks

2 Kain Colter – Sophomore
7 Dan Persa (C) – Senior
10 Zack Oliver – Freshman
13 Trevor Siemian – Freshman
15 P.J. Carollo – Freshman
18 Evan Watkins – Sophomore

Running Backs

4 Adonis Smith – Sophomore
21 Jordan Perkins – Freshman
22 Treyvon Green – Freshman
28 Tim Hanrahan – Freshman
29 Mike Trumpy – Sophomore
34 Tyris Jones – Junior
39 Jacob Schmidt – Senior

Wide Receivers

5 Venric Mark – Sophomore
6 Charles Brown – Senior
8 Demetrius Fields – Junior
11 Jeremy Ebert – Senior
12 Tony Jones – Sophomore
14 Christian Jones – Freshman
17 Rashad Lawrence – Sophomore
23 E.J. Webb – Freshman
27 Cermak Bland – Freshman
80 Mike Jensen – Sophomore
81 Cameron Dickerson – Freshman
84 Drew Moulton – Sophomore
86 Brendan Barber – Junior
88 Torin Dupper – Freshman
89 Pierre Youngblood-Ary – Freshman

Superbacks

9 Drake Dunsmore – Senior
40 Brett Nagel – Junior
82 John Plasencia – Sophomore
83 Jack Konopka – Freshman
85 Mark Szott – Freshman

Offensive Line

53 Geoff Mogus – Freshman
57 Matt Frazier – Freshman
61 Alex Pietrzak – Freshman
62 Taylor Paxton – Sophomore
64 Doug Bartels – Senior
65 Ben Burkett – Senior
66 Brandon Vitabile – Freshman
68 Hayden Baker – Freshman
70 Patrick Ward – Junior
71 Shane Mertz – Freshman
72 Brian Mulroe – Junior
73 Colin Armstrong – Senior
74 Chuck Porcelli – Junior
75 Al Netter (C) – Senior
76 Brian Smith – Sophomore
78 Paul Jorgensen – Freshman
79 Neal Deiters – Junior

Defensive Line

42 Kevin Watt – Senior
55 Bo Cisek – Junior
58 Max Chapman – Freshman
60 Jake Gregus – Sophomore
67 Sean McEvilly – Freshman
79 C.J. Robbins – Freshman
88 Quentin Williams – Junior
90 Jack DiNardo – Senior
91 Brian Arnfelt – Junior
92 Will Hampton – Sophomore
93 Niko Mafuli – Senior
94 Vince Browne – Senior
95 Davon Custis – Sophomore
96 Anthony Battle – Sophomore
97 Tyler Scott – Sophomore
98 Deonte Gibson – Freshman
99 Chance Carter – Freshman

Linebackers

31 Stone Pinckney – Junior
33 David Nwabuisi – Junior
35 Ben Johnson – Senior
41 Doug Diedrick – Freshman
43 Tim Riley – Sophomore
44 Chi Chi Ariguzo – Freshman
45 Collin Ellis – Freshman
46 Damien Proby – Sophomore
48 Roderick Goodlow – Junior
50 Timmy Vernon – Sophomore
51 Bryce McNaul – Senior
54 Drew Smith – Freshman
56 Will Studlien – Sophomore

Defensive backs

15 Daniel Jones – Freshman
16 Davion Fleming – Sophomore
18 Matt Carpenter – Freshman
19 Jimmy Hall – Freshman
20 Austin Kassner – Freshman
23 Nick VanHoose – Freshman
24 Ibraheim Campbell – Freshman
25 Jarrell Williams – Freshman
36 Mike Eshun – Freshman
39 Joe Cannon – Freshman

Cornerbacks

3 Jeravin Matthews – Senior
13 C.J. Bryant – Freshman
20 Tim Weak – Junior
21 Mike Bolden – Senior
22 Demetrius Dugar – Junior
26 Jordan Mabin (C) – Senior
47 Ricky Weina – Senior

Safeties

7 Hunter Bates – Junior
10 Brian Peters (C) – Senior
27 Jared Carpenter – Junior
32 David Arnold – Senior

Punters

31 Chris Gradone – Freshman
49 Brandon Williams – Sophomore

Kickers

34 Steve Flaherty – Junior
37 Jeff Budzien – Sophomore
38 Arthur Omilian – Freshman

Long Snappers

59 Pat Hickey – Sophomore

Head coach

Pat Fitzgerald

Coordinators/Assistant coaches

Randy Bates – Linebackers Coach
Jerry Brown – Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Backs Coach
Adam Cushing – Offensive Line Coach
Mike Hankwitz – Defensive Coordinator
Bob Heffner – Superbacks Coach
Marty Long – Defensive Line Coach
Matt MacPherson – Running Backs Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
Mick McCall – Offensive Coordinator/QB's Coach
Dennis Springer – Wide Receivers Coach

Legend

(C) Team captain
Redshirt

References

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